Podcasts about Rat Queens

In this week's episode, we take a look at how research can both help and hinder writers, and offer tips for effective research for fiction. This coupon code will get you 25% off DRAGONTIARNA: OMNIBUS ONE at my Payhip store: DRAGONOMNI25 The coupon code is valid through April 14th, 2025. So if you need a new book to read for spring, we've got you covered! 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 245 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is March 28th, 2025, and today we are looking at some of the challenges of research for writers. Before we get into that, we'll do Coupon of the Week, an update my current writing and audiobook projects, and then Question of the Week.   First up, Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebook of Dragontiarna: Omnibus One at my Payhip store, and that is DRAGONOMNI25. This coupon code will be valid through April the 14th, 2025. So if you need a new ebook to read for spring, we have got you covered.   Let's have an update on my current writing projects. I'm currently 70,000 words into Shield of Battle, which I believe will put me on chapter 16 of 24, so I'm about two thirds of the way through the rough draft. I'm still hoping to have it out towards the end of April, if all goes well. I am 7,000 words into Ghost in the Corruption, which will be the sequel to Ghost in the Assembly, and hopefully that will be out sometime after Shield of Battle.   In audiobook news, recording is underway for both Shield of Deception and Ghost in the Assembly. Brad Wills will be recording Shield of Deception and Hollis McCarthy will be recording Ghost in the Assembly. So I am looking forward to both those audiobooks and that's where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects.   00:01:25 Question of the Week   Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is intended to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question, do you read comics books or graphic novels, Marvel, DC, indie manga, whatever? No wrong answers, obviously, including “I don't read comics.”   Ryan says: I don't read comic books, they just don't appeal to me. I prefer world building through writing as opposed to images, and I think you don't get the same feel for characters in a comic as you do in a novel.   Justin says: Once upon a time, I did read comics. It's been a long time since I knew of the mainstream comics interested me, sadly. I have read some manga in the last year, but any associated light novel wins handily. There are a few web comics to keep up with. I have bought books and merch from the Foglios for Girl Genius and Tayler for Schlock Mercenary, but even then, it's been years since my last purchase.   Juana says: I love Batman. End of story.   John says: I enjoy graphic novels, mainly for the art. Most recent read was The Wizard of Earthsea graphic novel, which is a true work of art published just this month.   Randy says: Marvel/DC stuff, not much anymore. I can sit down and read Peanuts, Pearls Before Swine, etc. collections anytime, probably not the “comics” you meant.   Jenny says: Rat Queens! So good!   Gary says: I don't read comics.   Bob says: Nope. Used to devour DC and Marvel as a kid. Wish I still had some of them. Probably worth big bucks now.   Tom says: I used to be a Marvel Zombie. Seriously, I have 20-30 long boxes filled with comics. I had to kick the habit though. Nowadays it's mostly just a few TV show based series. Would love to read some Frostborn graphic novels though!   And finally, Tracy says: I don't read comics.   For myself, I agree with many of the commenters where my answer is I don't read comics. It's not out of snobbery or disdain for the art form. It just doesn't speak to me or hold my interest. Of course not all art speaks to all people at all times. I was curious about this topic because I see people discussing comic books online all the time, but apparently the industry is in bad shape financially with multiple bankruptcies and closures and so forth. So I was wondering if comics were kind of more of a vintage art form that is less popular with younger generations as the older generations start to die off. But you never know. Things always are on a wheel and come around again.   00:03:36 Main Topic of the Week: Writing Adjacent Activities: Research   So now back to our main topic or to start with our main topic, research challenges for writers. As I mentioned two episodes ago, I'm working on a new podcast series about what I call writing adjacent activities. What do I mean by this? I'm talking about tasks that seem like they're part of the writing process but really belong in a different category. These tasks are important, but they can also be a pitfall if you spend too much time on them or don't use that time correctly.   In this series, we will focus on a few of these tasks and how they can benefit or hinder your writing process, even though they seem like good uses of time and may be beneficial. In this episode, we'll talk about research for fiction writing. How much research is necessary and how does research help? When does it get to the point where it becomes a pitfall instead of an asset? What are some things that work well for me when researching matters for my books?   First of all, why should writers even have to research in order to write a work of fiction? Why can't we just make up details since the characters and the plot are also made up? Why research?   Research can help provide crucial information for the plot. For example, of a spy novel set in World War II focuses on the Canadians battling the British is inaccurate to the point of farce. Knowing which countries were Axis and which were Allies is an important piece of research that should have been done for that story in advance of writing it. There's a British TV series called The Goes Wrong Show about a group of inept actors putting on bad plays that's quite funny, and one of the episodes has them putting on a play that is widely criticized for its lazy historical research, which includes such things as Winston Churchill being a prime minister during the Vietnam War. In the show, of course, this is played for comedy as part of how bad the actors are, but you don't want to do this in real life.   Research prevents factual errors that can distract readers. Some of the biggest examples of this are military terminology, the British peerage system, and information about weapons like guns. All of these things have very distinct details that avid readers in a certain genre will notice and be upset about if they're incorrect. You'll notice that successful thriller writers tend to put a lot of time into researching and lovingly describing various pieces of military hardware in their books.   For a genre like historical romance, the distinction seems unimportant to a modern American, but to a debutante in Regency England, the difference between marrying a baron and a duke is immense and the titles can't be used interchangeably in a work of historical fiction. For example, the duke and baron would be addressed differently and enter a room in a different order, but more importantly, in a status conscious marriage market like the debutante season, a duke would be a highly sought after potential husband while a baron might be less of a catch, especially if the family is not so wealthy. This detail changes the characters and plots completely. To return to the firearm examples, for one of the famous errors that sometimes new writers do is a character puts a silencer on a revolver, which doesn't work because you can't silence a revolver. Much of the noise comes from the rear of the weapon when it's fired in addition to the muzzle flash and muzzle noise, so there are little details like that (both for weapons and the British peerage system) that you do need to watch out for.   Research can give you ideas or add depth through details. For example, someone writing a romance novel about two rival managers in a theme park could discover that this particular theme park has an intricate underground system of tunnels that includes storage areas and staff break rooms. The writer realizes this would give good opportunities for the characters to have a conversation or confrontation in a more private place than outside of a busy ride. What are some good sources for research? Not all research is going to the library and looking at books that haven't been checked out in 10 years or so. Sometimes research for writing fiction is about checking or learning basic facts like street names, what the word is for cat in Spanish, or what a certain chain store was named in 2008. Making these details up only makes sense if the places and languages are completely fictional. Where more academic and in depth research comes in is when a high level of informational accuracy is required by genre convention, like in thrillers, historical fiction, a legal drama, or a medical thriller.   One of the criticisms of the relatively recent Disney Plus show She Hulk was that although She Hulk's profession is a lawyer and she spends all of her time doing lawyer things, none of the writers had a background in law and it seemed like their legal advisor was quite hands off in their approach. They tried to write around it instead, and the results were disappointing to both fans of the source material and new viewers because as I've often said before, you don't need to be totally accurate, but it needs to feel accurate. Anyone watching the show would know that the American legal system works nothing like the way it's portrayed, not even in the abstract.   One of the additional complaints about the show is that they missed the chance to showcase the character by barely showing them doing any actual work or to only show it as a farce, making She Hulk seem more frivolous and unlikable without her defining trait of being a really good lawyer. Trying to write around factual information is usually not the best solution, and it could hurt the reader's feeling of immersion or cause them just to feel annoyed.   For genres that require a high level of information accuracy, try starting with the general overview books and then looking at more specific information as needed. You don't need to become an expert in every piece of medieval weaponry to write a historical or a fantasy book, but you do need to know the basics in order to have the characters use them in a convincing way.   As I've said before, I often talk about how verisimilitude is the goal in writing. You need to know and share just enough to make the reader feel convinced and have the characters be able to act in a believable way in the world there inhabiting.   Often writers are advised to use YouTube for research because it's free and usually easy to understand. However, YouTubers usually don't cite their sources and incorrect information often gets reshared this way. That said, it can still be useful. For example, if we go back to our example of the theme park romance novel, the writer could find YouTube footage of what the line looks like for a certain ride without having to go see it in person and determine from the footage if a child could really climb over a railing to escape their parents, for example, if that was one of the plot contrivances the writer wanted to put in the book.   I would strongly recommend you don't use a LLM program like ChatGPT for research, and if you do, you should cross-reference and double check its answers for accuracy because ChatGPT essentially makes stuff up. Unlike a search engine ChatGPT essentially guesses at its answers instead of retrieving them. For example, if you ask ChatGPT who the spouse of one reality star is, it confidently lists her brother as her husband because the names are very frequently paired and they had the same last name, ChatGPT made a guess and that guess was quite wrong. It's also important to note that it's not trained on recent information. It won't, for example, be able to tell you on what date a movie is going to come out in two weeks because it may not have access to that information yet, and it might instead give you the premiere date for previous films or guess at a date.   How much research is necessary and when is it a pitfall instead of an asset? Too much research can keep you from starting to actually write. It's a real temptation if you enjoy research to spend months bogged down in every possible source of information. It's also good to take a step back, look at your book's outline, and determine what's truly needed. When you're writing, you can add a note, “research this” and note about what fact you need to look up and then keep going. It isn't a great idea to stop writing every time you need to look up a specific fact. Doing that can often lead to research spirals that take too much time and then you lose your writing momentum.   Having researched too much can also drag down the plot with a lot of info dumps. We've all encountered books where the writer very clearly put in a lot of research into a very specific topic, so they were going to put all that research into the book, even if it was to the book's detriment. It's natural to want to use as much of your research as possible, but in reality, the only research that is good for the reader is what benefits the plot or adds to the feeling of verisimilitude without stopping the plot in its tracks.   What are some things that have worked for me when researching subjects for my books? Because I write fantasy and science fiction, I tend not to do that much research. Usually it's if I need to look up a specific fact to increase the verisimilitude. I had to do that quite a bit with Silent Order because that's science fiction and therefore a bit more fact-based. So I wanted to make sure I had things like the speed of light in kilometers or the amount of kilometers in a light year, for example, make sure that I had those numbers accurate. However, when I'm writing and there's something I want to look up later, I tend to literally just type “look this up later” and then keep going in the book.   This actually happens quite a bit in the Cloak Games and Cloak Mage series because while that's set in a fantasy setting, that fantasy setting is a version of our own world. I do need to look things up reasonably frequently, like where this town is located or how long you would take to fly from Chicago to Boston, for example. So very often I will just type “look this up later”, and then in the editing process, I will actually look that up and make sure that I have a good information source, not ChatGPT, and then add that fact into the book as necessary.   One thing I would recommend watching out for is that if the entire plot of the book hinges on a certain fact, like for example, say that you have in your book, the entire plot revolves around the fact that on average it takes about seven to eight hours to drive from Milwaukee to Detroit, it's a good idea to look it up and make sure that is actually true. If for example, you, let's talk hypothetically, if you weren't familiar with the geography of the United States and you had the plot being that it takes only three hours to drive from Milwaukee to Detroit, your book will not work because anyone remotely familiar with the American Midwest knows that if you are driving from Milwaukee to Detroit around the southern side of Lake Michigan, it takes at least seven hours and depending on traffic conditions, it can easily go much higher very quickly. So if you do have a fact around which the entire plot of your book hinges, it's a good idea to research that fact first and make sure that's accurate, so you can avoid the scenario where you write the book and then people are laughing at you because you wrote it only takes three hours to drive from Milwaukee to Detroit.   So to sum up, research in fiction is very different from in the academic world, but that doesn't mean that's not important. Like so many things in life, it's all about balance. You don't want to go too far down the research rabbit hole to the detriment of finishing your book, but you do need enough information to maintain verisimilitude, but not an excess of detail that will derail the plot or keep you from finishing the book you want, just enough that it makes sense.   An example for that for me would be one of the plot lines in Cloak of Spears which revolves around nuclear fusion. The book sold pretty well and people liked it, but I did get a email from an expert in nuclear fusion saying that the way I had described things is not actually how nuclear fusion works, and the fact of the matter was that thankfully for that book, it didn't matter because the actual intricacies of how nuclear fusion works is beyond my grasp and frankly beyond the grasp of most people. So I'd included enough verisimilitude to that the book worked for most people, but it was not enough to fool an actual expert in nuclear physics. So that brings me to a Abraham Lincoln quote I remember where he says, “you can fool some of the people some of the time and the rest of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.” And that is true with research and fiction. You'll want to do just enough to get verisimilitude so that you can fool most of the people, but you can't always expect to fool everybody. If you are writing about something which has subject matter experts, you may find that you'll have the subject matter experts writing to you and pointing things out. But what's important is that you do it well enough to fool most of the general audience, if not the subject matter experts.   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. 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In this episode, the group debriefs after recent events, including encounters with Red Lotus and Shadowpaw. Jingmin notices the street urchin, Benny, following them and confronts him, leading to a discussion about the Rat Queen's interest in them. The group then meets with Cho under a bridge, while also reflecting on their growing list of enemies and the uncertainty of their future while planning a dangerous infiltration of the Red Lotus headquarters. Come follow us on Twitch! If you want to help the show directly, support us on Patreon!  For the quenchiest merch, check out our store. We'd love to meet you. Come hang out with us on Discord. Instagram: @dustfiremedia Facebook: @dustfiremedia Dustfire Media produces multiple Actual Play shows, including Scum and Villainy, Avatar Legends, and our patreon exclusive show. Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris, Rachel, Ben K., Bento Box, Merrai, Jesper, Niko M., vaeVictus, Kaychbee, shockanaw, Mechkura

The Dungeon Crashers head to the big city to seek out the Rat Queen.

TPB hosts Ninja Dave and Seed talk comics through the alphabet.

We're celebrating a very short Nutcracker November by taking a look at a recent adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's holiday classic: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute. This adaptation doesn't have a lot to do with the classic plot of the Nutcracker, but if you've seen a half dozen Nutcracker films before like we have, that ends up being one of the movie's greatest strengths. As for the movie's other strengths?... well, you'll have to tune in to find out. So join us as we discuss among other things scheming ostrich's with no qualms about moving dead bodies, Rat Queen's and their seemingly endless supply of sleeping potions, and how you can use the Phantom of the Opera as a way to judge whether or not you want to accept a job offer. 

For the deeply unhinged two-year anniversary of MCMF, Marcus is joined by his girlfriend Shay to talk about SASS AND SORCERY, the first volume of RAT QUEENS! Released in 2014, Rat Queens was an instant hit on Image Comics' Shadowline imprint before a series of fumbles sent it into hiatus, where it never really recovered. It focuses on the titular Queens, an adventuring party in the town of Palisade, and their constant misadventures both on and off the battlefield.

Miranda is worried about her son Brady because he is getting really good at making French fries, and the boys have reason to suspect he is rediscovering his true identity. In fact, his rediscovery of rats may even be the reason behind his romantic tryst with Lily (of Charlotte and Runkle fame), and before the end of the season, we just might see the ascendance of a new Rat Queen. Che Diaz is getting back into stand up, Herbert Wexley is showing his true colours, and while we still have time, Tim ranks the core characters in the...And Just Like That universe from most to least likeable: the results WILL NOT SHOCK YOU. We also run unnecessarily biological (yet still unlikely) analysis on a surfer dude's penis. And Tim curses (by saying Crud).Intro theme: Brendan LordanOutro theme: SterlingSupport us via our Substack for access to premium content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did I say paradise? Because I meant wasteland….as in, there's a part of the world called “The Wastes.” It's just one of the many things that we go into talking with author Noah Lemelson for the continuation of his steampunk-apocalyptic-noir trilogy, “The Lioness and the Rat Queen” (August 29, 2023, Tiny Fox Press).   But that's not all! For this episode I welcome back Curtis Hughes as my new co-host. Curtis was a part of the show way back when, and instrumental in its early success with his keen mind and quick wit.   Together, Curtis and I look at how this book picks up following Noah's first novel, “The Sightless City,” and find a murderous tycoon on the run, and three vigilantes out for revenge. We dissect the characters of Lazarus Roache, Marcel and Sylvaine and look at what each brings to the story and what they experienced in the first book. Curtis and I talk with Noah about the worldbuilding that went into this series, as well as his pivot from a career in biology to creative writing.

Hear the tale of a band of warrior mercenaries going on adventures, making money, drinking, fornicating, and getting into loads of trouble! But along the way let them also show you what friendship and loyalty to your crew are all about!Written by: Kurtis J. WiebeArt by: Stjepan Sejic, Tessa Fowler---------------------------------------------------Check out Dreampass and all their killer tracks on Spotify!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcasts!Comics and BeerandTFD: Nerdcast---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

Unless you've been living under a recycle bag full of empties, Ontario legends Barncat Artisan Ales sadly announced that they'll be closing their doors forever at the end of August, 2023. This is a devastating loss for the beer scene; Jeremy and Matt created the first ever NEIPA in the province in April 2016 (Eminence) and their haze is considered some of the best available; their barrel program is insane, delivering classics like their imperial stout series Rat Queen and their impeccable barleywines; while their lagers are just as fantastic. Cee and Nate reminisced about their own introduction to and interactions with Barncat, while crushing their Premium Lager, The OG IPA and Breakfast Queen. Wish we didn't have to do this. Thanks for the beers, Barncat. You'll be missed. BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The guys breakdown the Dallas Stars win over the Las Vegas Golden Knights to force a game 6, and if Dallas will force a Game 7 in Las Vegas, the Rat Queen of the Florida Panther's, and a salute to the soldiers on Memorial Day… FULL EPISODES AVAILABLE ON ACTION PARK YOUTUBE PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE IF YOU'RE ENJOYING THE SHOW!! TIKTOK/INSTAGRAM: @QUICKSHIFTPOD

Lucero "Mom"Memphis Slim "Steady Rolling Blues"JD McPherson "You Must Have Met Little Caroline?"Gillian Welch "Down Along the Dixie Line"Eilen Jewell "Crooked River"Waylon Jennings "If You See Me Getting Smaller"Carla Thomas "I Take It To My Baby"boygenius "Not Strong Enough"Memphis Minnie "The Man I Love"Grateful Dead "Dark Hollow"Kitty Wells "Forever Young"Coleman Hawkins "At McKie's"Raphael Saadiq "Sure Hope You Mean It"Professor Longhair "Hey Little Girl"Jack Logan "All Grown Up"Jack Logan "I Brake For God"Steve Earle "Hometown Blues"Doc & Merle Watson "Worried Blues"Cat Power "Lived in Bars"R.E.M. "Belong"R.E.M. "Orange Crush"Marine Girls "A Place In The Sun"Tampa Red "I'm a Stranger Here"Lee Morgan "Most Like Lee"Glossary "Almsgiver"The Mountain Goats "Rat Queen"Shaver "The Earth Rolls On"Vic Chesnutt "And How"Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks "Beautifully Broken"Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "White Man's World"Gillian Welch "Happy Mother's Day"Brown Bird "Fingers to the Bone"Bonnie Prince Billy "Easy Does It"Magnolia Electric Co. "Talk To Me Devil, Again"Magnolia Electric Co. "Memphis Moon"Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers "The Witch doctor"The Velvet Underground "I'm Waiting For The Man"Townes Van Zandt "Be Here to Love Me"Will Johnson "To the Shepard, to the Lion"Centro-Matic "If They Talk You Down"Willie Nelson "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again

Commander Colson from Heroes For Sale and Riccardo from Wrecking Ball Media bring up the 50th episode!!We talk a great independant Kiwi comic, the new Carnage/Miles Morales comic, Shazam's latest and for 'What Do You Mean You Haven't Read That' it's a look at a fantastic Fantasy title from Image - Rat Queens - Sass & Sorcery

Willie Nelson "Uncloudy Day"John Hammond Jr. "Nadine"Bonnie Raitt "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy"Valerie June "Man Done Wrong"My Morning Jacket "Easy Morning Rebel"Funkadelic "Funky Dollar Bill"Fats Domino "What a Party"Raphael Saadiq "Keep Marchin'"M. Ward "Girl From Conejo Valley"R.E.M. "Gardening At Night"Varetta Dillard "Mercy Mister Percy"Miles Davis "Budo"Steve Earle "Transcendental Blues"Centro-Matic "Remind Us Alive"The Ronettes "Good Girls"Eilen Jewell "I'm a Little Mixed Up"fIREHOSE "Brave Captain"Shaver "Love Is so Sweet"Frankie Lee Sims "She Likes To Boogie Real Low"Lefty Frizell "The Long Black Veil"Sugarboy Crawford "Jockomo"Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "A Minor Place"Lucero "Wandering Star"Neil Morris "The Banks of the Arkansas/Wave the Ocean"Lucero "Here at the Starlite"The Clash "1-2 Crush On You"Ryo Fukui "Autumn Leaves"Sister Rosetta Tharpe "Strange Things Happening Every Day"Patterson Hood "Betty Ford"Vic Chesnutt "And How"Willie Nelson "Trouble in Mind"Faces "Stay With Me"Lucinda Williams "Crescent City"Kristin Hersh "Your Ghost"James Booker "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"Sam Doores "Other Side of Town (feat. Alynda Segarra)"Superchunk "City of the Dead"Helen Humes "Be-Baba-Leba"Jazz Artists Guild "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do"Otis Redding "Nobody's Fault But Mine"Bo Diddley "Hong Kong, Mississippi"Old 97's "Crash on the Barrelhead"Ike Gordon "Don't Let The Devil Ride"The Hold Steady "Barfruit Blues"The Mountain Goats "Rat Queen"

Brett & Dani react to what may have been one of the most divisive single episodes of Survivor in some time. Matt went home -- whatever -- but the mechanics of his exit absolutely call into question the legitimacy of this season and whether this newest era of the show has too much producer intervention and too many twists. Later in the show, we take your questions about music, Netflix' Beef and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Dani recalls her experiences at an F45 workout class, discusses her love of House, MD and we discuss the newly-appointed rat czar of New York. Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit your questions @HeyJulieBB Watch Hey Julie on YouTube Follow Brett @BrettRader Follow Danielle @Danimop

Today, New York City announced its first ever Rodent Mitigation official in order to help deal with the rising rodent population. CJ and Spenny discuss the details on Today is the Greatest.  When do you introduce your new lover to your friends group? And when do you tell your new lover that you "L" them?? The gang discusses these topics on today's Emily Explains and Leftovers.  And what other potential games could Nintendo make movies about?? Matt Bearden discusses on today's Weird or Wired. Support the show: https://www.101x.com/justmattandcj/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lilly Hiatt "Jesus Would've Let Me Pick the Restaurant"Jake Xerxes Fussell "Drinking of the Wine"Merle Haggard "Mama Tried"B.B. King "Worry, Worry"Uncle Tupelo "Whiskey Bottle"Nude Beach "Radio"Lucero "That Much Further West"The Mountain Goats "No Children"Bonnie Raitt "Write Me a Few of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues"boygenius "Not Strong Enough"Palace Music "Work Hard / Play Hard"Patterson Hood "Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance"Valerie June "Long Lonely Road"M. Ward "Girl From Conejo Valley"Tift Merritt "Good Hearted Man"John Coltrane "Lush Life"Krista Shows "Ain't Your Fault"Iron & Wine "Call It Dreaming"Grandpaboy "Let's Not Belong Together"Sallie Ford "Record on Repeat"John Moreland "Heart's Too Heavy"Waxahatchee "Dixie Cups and Jars"The Low Anthem "Scavenger Bird"Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Od'd in Denver (feat. Matt Sweeney)"The White Stripes "It's True That We Love One Another"The Hold Steady "Sixers"Patti Smith "My Blakean Year"Mavis Staples "99 And 1 / 2"Little Richard "Groovy Little Suzy"Magnolia Electric Co. "Northstar Blues"Old 97's "Salome"The Mountain Goats "Rat Queen"The Replacements "Can't Hardly Wait"Drive-By Truckers "A Ghost to Most"Lucero "At the Show"Townes Van Zandt "Buckskin Stallion Blues"Eilen Jewell "Reckless"Centro-Matic "Huge in Every City"The Hold Steady "Citrus"Gillian Welch & David Rawlings "All the Good Times Are Past and Gone"Willy Tea Taylor "Knuckleball Prime"

Épisode 136: Gab poursuit sa couverture de Maddox et nous parle de sa nouvelle découverte: Rat Queens. Steven joue à Sushi Bar Express et Kev discute de MPower, un documentaire sur les héroines de Marvel. On enchaîne avec Curse of the Sea Rats, Ultimate Zombie Defence et Infinite Guitars. On jase PS VR2 avec Drums Rock. Le doom-like Post Void et le simulateur Brewmaster. Heavy Metal 2000 et Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham. Finalement, Gab a eu l'occasion de voir le film Super Mario Bros en avant-première et il nous donne son point de vue. Bonne écoute!‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------Spotify⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/1u1BuLjlLfSSOLq8YuAEa0Balado Québec⬇️https://baladoquebec.ca/g-pour-geek/g-pour-geek-episode-136I Tunes⬇️https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/g-pour-geek/id1530479272?l=frGoogle Balado⬇️https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYWxhZG9xdWViZWMuY2EvZ3BvdXJnZWVrL3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVucv4gZnvAhW7L1kFHZUgDKcQ9sEGegQIARAC&hl=fr_CAAmazon Music⬇️https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/95e8d578-3db3-489f-8ec9-28e3fd6902f9/g-pour-geekRZO Web⬇️http://www.rzoweb.com/#/show/g-pour-geekPodvine⬇️https://podvine.com/podcast/g-pour-geekInstagram⬇️https://www.instagram.com/gpourgeekFacebook⬇️https://www.facebook.com/GPourGeekTwitter⬇️https://twitter.com/gpourgeekYoutube⬇️https://youtu.be/pHw051liMy4La Boutique⬇️https://store.streamelements.com/gpourgeekTwitch⬇️https://www.twitch.tv/gpourgeekDiscord⬇️https://discord.gg/7MkY29FuHHLe Patreon⬇️https://www.patreon.com/gpourgeek‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------Merci a nos partenairesSilo⬇️https://bieresilo.comUrban Comics⬇️https://www.urban-comics.com/‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------#podcastgeek #podcast #quebec #francais #bd #bandesdessinées #maddox #ratqueens #imagecomics #urbancomics #mpower #marvel #disney #curseofthesearats #keymailer #SushiBarExpress #UltimateZombieDefense #infiniteguitars #playstation5 #playstationvr2 #drumsrock #psvr2 #postvoid #xbox #gamepass #nintendo #pc #brewmaster #heavymetal2000 #batmanthedoomthatcametogotham #dc #supermariosbroslefilm

This episode is brought to you by FootFoot.Whitney joins the fan club for The Shaggs, the band that released the worst album ever recorded. Lisa tells us just why Dairy Queen is what we like about Texas. Hayly lives a hundred lives with the immortal party vampire, Jacques St. Germain. 

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from The Rat Queen by Pete Hautman. Read-alikes include: Doll Bones by Holly Black Coraline by Neal Gaiman Other books with rodents....The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM by Robert C. O'Brien

The Rat Queen herself, Tiffany Gabrus joins to chat about all the joy that comes with going out to eat.Check out gabrus' other podcast, Action Boyz.Check out 101 Places to Party Before You Die now streaming on HBO MaxShout out to Athletic Greens & Stitch Fix for sponsoring this episode.Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase at athleticgreens.com/MIGHTY.Get $20 off your first fix at StitchFix.com/MIGHTYAdvertise on High & Mighty via Gumball.fm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rat Queen is an AWESOME Seattle rock band who released an album called "Generational Decay" this year. I chatted with the band ahead of their show on January 7th and we played three songs from the album. Turn it up and enjoy!

Hi friends! If you like weird stuff and/or countdowns, it's like this podcast was MADE FOR YOU!! What a Weird Week: a countdown of the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Fri Dec 9, 2022, Season 4 Episode 10 ... ❿Headline: New York City needs a Rat King or Rat Queen to Rule the Rats! ❾Headline: Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City will close down on New Year's Eve. ❽Headline: Your Lunch Might have World Heritage status?! ❼Headline: Hospital Patient Arrested for allegedly shutting off their neighbors life support because: those life support deals can be noisy you guys. ❻Headline: Reckless Driver turns out to be Dog Behind the Wheel! ❺Headline: "‘Not sure what it is:' Hurricanes unearth large mystery object on Florida beach" ❹Headline: "Alberta researchers discover 2 minerals never before seen on Earth" ❸Headline: Generating Electricity from snow in Japan! ❷Headline: Cocaine Bear is inspired by real events!!

Floral Artiste and Madame President of The Sweetzer Life, Tiffany Gabrus, graces up in this week's ep. She tells us about her experience with her dad passing. Then we have a listener story from Paula about nannying in a creepy house with some freaky dolls! Please send us your own true paranormal experiences in either a voice memo or e-mail to funnyfeelingpod@gmail.com. BetterHelp is online therapy that offers video, phone, and even live chat-only therapy sessions. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/afunnyfeeling.  Advertise on A Funny Feeling via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Week on BSR we're finishing up Jazmen's Pick; the first three volumes of Rat Queens. Comments or Questions? Find us as BSReactor.com Like, Subscribe, Comment and Tell a Friend. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Queens   Amazon Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-1-Sass-Sorcery/dp/1607069458 Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Reaching-Tentacles-NRygoth/dp/1632150409 Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Kurtis-J-Wiebe/dp/1632157357   Comments or Questions? Find us as BSReactor.com Like, Subscribe, Comment and Tell a Friend. EP84

his Week on BSR we're jumping into Jazmen's Pick; the first three volumes of Rat Queens. Comments or Questions? Find us as BSReactor.com Like, Subscribe, Comment and Tell a Friend. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Queens   Amazon Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-1-Sass-Sorcery/dp/1607069458 Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Reaching-Tentacles-NRygoth/dp/1632150409 Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Kurtis-J-Wiebe/dp/1632157357 EP83

This Week on BSR we're warming up for Jazmen's Pick; the first three volumes of Rat Queens. Comments or Questions? Find us as BSReactor.com Like, Subscribe, Comment and Tell a Friend. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Queens   Amazon Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-1-Sass-Sorcery/dp/1607069458 Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Reaching-Tentacles-NRygoth/dp/1632150409 Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Kurtis-J-Wiebe/dp/1632157357 EP82

In honor of International Transgender Visibility Day on March 31 this week's episode celebrates storytellers who are transgender and gender nonconforming. Part 1: Comedian Riley Silverman attempts to use science to change the course of puberty. Part 2: Comedian Ang Buxton explores the differences in gender expectations from the football field to the middle school cafeteria. Riley Silverman is a writer, comedian, and professional geek. An author of Star Wars books, Riley is also a contributing writer for Nerdist and Fandom, the award-winning sci-fi podcast, Bubble, and SYFY's Forgotten Women of Genre limited podcast series. As an actress she appeared in the STARZ series Take My Wife as Regan, in the comedy horror film Too Late, and as the voice of Zelda in the vampire series Port Saga. She has rolled dice on numerous actual-play Dungeons and Dragons and roleplaying shows, including in the role of Braga for the official tabletop adaptation of Rat Queens. Her comedy album Intimate Apparel was a #1 bestseller. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and she is certain that her lightsaber would have a white kyber crystal. Ang Buxton (they/them) is a nonbinary comedian, DJ and teacher from Springfield, MA. Ang has headlined comedy shows all around New England and beyond, and has DJ'd for events like Northampton Pride. Ang is a Teach for America alum and is dedicated to educational equity, and views their work as a comedian as queer activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoologist Lucy Cooke is on a mission: to break down the 'sexist stereotype' she believes has permeated our understanding of the natural world. In Political Animals, she sets out to prove that females of the species can be just as fiesty, ardent, manipulative, aggressive, strategic, varied and political as males - questioning some of the theories laid out by the 'father of evolution', Charles Darwin, and hearing from pioneering scientists moving evolutionary biology beyond a male-centric narrative. In this second instalment, Lucy explores ways in which female animals wield authority; with examples ranging from repressive mole-rat queens to ducks with deceptive vaginas, all proving that power can be about more than physical strength. This involves a visit to the UK's only colony of naked mole-rats, overseen by Chris Faulkes at the University of London's Queen Mary College; an introduction to the world of labyrinthine animal vaginas and their evolutionary benefits with Patricia Brennan from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts; and assisting with feeding time at Twycross Zoo's bonobo enclosure, as Amanda Addison and Becca Biddle explain the power of the ape sisterhood... Meanwhile Joe Cain from University College London sheds more light on Darwin's attitude towards females. Featuring excerpts from ‘The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex' and personal notes written by Charles Darwin, read by Derek Frood. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Lucy Taylor. First broadcast on Friday 25 February 2022.

Stephanie Fellner's Minneapolis career now spans 3 decades. She recently said goodbye to her old hips in “Zhauna Franks ‘ SwanSong Studies, a two women show.' No surprise to anyone, she wore them completely out!They produced many high leg moments and served her well!They will be missed. The new hips had their grand debut this past summer in Berit Ahlgren and Helen Hatch's production of ‘LDV'!A member of The Ballet of the Dolls for25yrs., Ms.Stephanie originated numerous roles. Favorites to include: Rat Queen in "Nutcracker...Not so Suite”; “Cinderella” title role; Vicky in “The Red Shoes; Coquette in "King of Hearts"; and Grey In her solo show "Shades of Lady Grey." All choreographed by the infamous Myron Johnson.Company work to include: TU Dance (founding member,) James Sewell Ballet, The Children's Theatre Co., The Minnesota Opera, The Minnesota Orchestra, NorthStar Opera(Skylark,) and The City Children's Nutcracker.In addition, she has danced in a variety of pieces choreographed by our treasure trove of Mpls. freelance artists.The two time Sage Awarded "Test Pilot" choreographed by Penelope Freeh. "Kom Hit" a collaboration w/Sally Rousse and Noah Bremer at The Swedish Institute. Other favorite credits to include: Katerina in Live Action Sets, Ivy Award winning "Crime and Punishment" and original production of "A Fiddlers Tale" produced in conjunction with The Mpls. Music Company. In 2005, Ms.Fellner was awarded the McKnight Fellowship for Dancers and received "Best Dancer in Mpls." from the City Pages Edition of "The Best Of..." And in 2008, was presented with the Sage Award for "Outstanding Performer."She is on staff at The Dance Warehouse . where she is joyfully passing on her passion for ballet and the art of performance to her lovely students. She is grateful every day for each and every one of them!Having completed the full comprehensive Pilates program thru Paragon Pilates and Physical Therapy does teach a bit of Pilates and firmly believes integrating core and balance work to be an invaluable piece in keeping our dancers pain and injury free.

The Dirtbag King and The Rat Queen live mere miles away from each other in NYC's Borough of Brooklyn and so naturally it was only a matter of time before they held court and discussed Heavy Metal, Sobriety, Dogs, and more. I had such a great time hanging with my new friend Riley Pinkerton and finding out about her journey to becoming The Rat Queen. It's inspiring, it's insightful, but mostly it's a lot of fun. Check out Riley Pinkerton, her band Castle Rat, and her clothing line Rat Queen Headquarters on Instagram. Support the show on Patreon Check out my merchandise and music on Bandcamp Or Just my music on Spotify or Apple Music --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adirtbagsguide/support

The Dirtbag King and The Rat Queen live mere miles away from each other in NYC's Borough of Brooklyn and so naturally it was only a matter of time before they held court and discussed Heavy Metal, Sobriety, Dogs, and more. I had such a great time hanging with my new friend Riley Pinkerton and finding out about her journey to becoming The Rat Queen. It's inspiring, it's insightful, but mostly it's a lot of fun. Check out Riley Pinkerton, her band Castle Rat, and her clothing line Rat Queen Headquarters on Instagram. Support the show on Patreon Check out my merchandise and music on Bandcamp Or Just my music on Spotify or Apple Music --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adirtbagsguide/support

Your favorite rat queens are back! This week we're starting off with a few facts about how racism impacts getting an ADHD diagnosis, followed by some ~*quirky*~ segments to balance it out a bit.    Grace makes embroidery cool again and teaches you how to get started with cross stitch and needlepoint in Hobby Collectors, all while showing off her special talent of working rat kings into any conversation. In Alternative Segments Kristin shares her ADHD-friendly tips and tricks for living off the land--and by “land” she means kitchen--rounded out by some PIZZA SECRETS heavy on the cheese. Grab a slice of ‘za and join us for Episode 3!    Resources:  Race and ADHD: How People of Color Get Left Behind (additudemag.com) Health Disparities: People of Color Untreated for ADHD (additudemag.com) Racial Bias Impairs ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment for Black Children (additudemag.com)  

My how the turns have tabled. There have been new additions to the dictionary, and a millennial was claiming to not know what they were... so FINALLY, Nick got to put Jess to the slang test.  Shiba Coin is making moves, and apparently so are the five year old selves of Nick and Jess, but you just have to listen to the episode to see what we mean. ****** If you're not listening to us on Goodpods, are you even listening to us? Be sure to follow us on the app and tell your friends! YOU DON'T KNOW, NICK on GOODPODS ****** Bubbles and Things Soaps: Special listeners only special for high end, geeky soaps with code "YDKNick" at bubblesandthingssoaps.com Naming Your Little Geek by Scott Rubin is available at bubblesandthingssoaps.com ****** Please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts! A moment of your time really helps us to know you appreciate this show! Interested in becoming a Patron? Check us out today for exclusive Patron-esque things. PATREON TWITTER INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK ​JLV Productions 2021 jessicalynnverdi.com

****** TRIGGER WARNING - RAPE From 43:33 to 46:32, Nick & Jess discuss a news story regarding a rape committed on a commuter train in Philadephia. It's a brief discussion, Jessica warns the audience ahead of time, and we are mentioning it now so the audience is fully informed. ****** Also, Jessica's audio isn't great this week. Apologies! ****** To Bean or not to Bean. That is the question. Topics this week range from Nick & Jess's different expereinces with local radio stations, touretttes and tiktok, and of course, Crypto. ****** If you're not listening to us on Goodpods, are you even listening to us? Be sure to follow us on the app and tell your friends! YOU DON'T KNOW, NICK on GOODPODS ****** Bubbles and Things Soaps: Special listeners only special for high end, geeky soaps with code "YDKNick" at bubblesandthingssoaps.com Naming Your Little Geek by Scott Rubin is available at bubblesandthingssoaps.com ****** Please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts! A moment of your time really helps us to know you appreciate this show! Interested in becoming a Patron? Check us out today for exclusive Patron-esque things. PATREON TWITTER INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK ​JLV Productions 2021 jessicalynnverdi.com

This episode runs the gamut. From meditation, to dining out, to dating apps. Nick & Jess really go for it today. Should you or should you know stack your plates for your server after your done eating out? Is this or is this not a generational issue? Why is this even news? Nick and Jess talk about "Ethical Non-Monogamy." Is it real, is it just a non-commital excuse to not commit, are men really from Mars, and are women really better than men? Only one way to find out. In this episode of You Don't Know, Nick. -- Season One of Heartbeats, a completely improvised medical drama starring Nick & Jess is available here: HEARTBEATS  New episodes every Friday now through November 5th Friday, September 17th 6PM PT/9PM ET Follow RIPLEY IMPROV on Twitch now to be notified shows go live. -- Bubbles and Things Soaps: Special listeners only special for high end, geeky soaps with code "YDKNick" at bubblesandthingssoaps.com Naming Your Little Geek by Scott Rubin is available at bubblesandthingssoaps.com -- Please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts! A moment of your time really helps us to know you appreciate this show! Interested in becoming a Patron? Check us out today for exclusive Patron-esque things. PATREON TWITTER INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK ​JLV Productions 2021 jessicalynnverdi.com  

BJ gives an update on the comics he has been reading, including: Oblivion Song, Spider-Man, Rat Queens & Fantastic Four; Joe reviews the video game Magic: Legends, which is in PC Open Beta; BJ reviews the new CW show Superman & Lois, as well as discussing The Flash; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BJ runs down his comic book reading list, including Rat Queens, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man; BJ & Vicky review the latest season of American Gods (up to episode 4); BJ reviews the Twilight Imperium expansion, Prophecy of Kings; abd we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our two guests for are among the best and most brilliant Color ARTISTS in comics: TAMRA BONVILLAIN is one of the most acclaimed colorists in the industry, having worked in books like Captain Marvel, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Wayward, The Department of Truth, Rat Queens and much more; GIULIA BRUSCO is one of the most personal and gifted colorists around, with books like Scalped, Django Unchained, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Goddamned, Goodnight Paradise, and a lot more! We've talked about life, color theory, storytelling with color, colors as sounds... and many other crazy things to show you how VITAL their work is for the quality of comics. You also sent some really insightful questions, so thank you all for them! #DialogosdeComic #TamraBonvillain #GiuliaBrusco #NoMaleButTheHost #ColorArt #Colorists #Marvel #DCComics #ImageComics #TKO #NiUnTioSalvoElPresentador

John and Miles return to tell you about the comic book trades, "The Rat Queens," "7 Soldiers of Victory," and "Saga." John's dogs make a cameo appearance.

Timm Woods, who was featured in an article in November, 2017 in Wired about being a professional Dungeon Master, joins me to talk about his fandoms and what he does. We first tackle a great comic, Rat Queens, before delving into the genre of Fantasy as a whole. We cover a variety of different fantasy novels and how Timm got into Fantasy. From there, we talk about Dungeons & Dragons and how he got into the business of being a professional Dungeon Master and all that it entails. To contact Timm for more information, please email him at: timm.woods@gmail.com You can find Timm online at: https://twitter.com/TimmWoods https://www.instagram.com/timm.woods/ https://www.wired.com/story/its-a-living-meet-one-of-new-yorks-best-professional-dandd-dungeon-masters

Esta semana nos toca hablar de una película y en la “Sección principal” tendremos esa obra maestra de los 90 que es la Irlandesa “En el nombre del padre” de Jim Sheridan con una de esas interpretaciones magistrales con la que nos obsequia Daniel Day Lewis. En la sección “Giaccomic” mi buen amigo Giacco, (director y presentador de “Hello Friki”) nos trae noticias y novedades del mundo del comic y el análisis, más en profundidad de “Rat Queens” de Kurtis J. Wiebe. En la sección “El verso libre” os traigo un tema diferente (petición de mi pareja), algo más ligero que los que suelo traer pero igualmente comprometido. Se trata de “Casas de cartón” de Marco Antonio Solis. En la sección “A golpes de realidad” hablaremos como cada semana de todo lo acaecido en estos 7 días en torno al terrorismo machista, el abuso de menores, la actualidad internacional o el terrorismo de estado que ejerce a diario el Gobierno. Finalmente en la sección “¿Qué fue de?” os traigo a Federica Montseny, una pionera, a la vanguardia en sus ideas y en la acción política, que se convirtió en la primera mujer ministra de España y de Europa occidental. Canal de nuestra musa, la YouTuber Miare's Project: https://www.youtube.com/user/AchlysProject Tiempos: Sección principal: del 00:02:35 al 02:14:40 Sección “Giaccomic”: del 02:19:14 al 02:53:27 Sección “El verso libre”: del 02:54:20 al 03:00:39 Sección “A golpes de realidad”: del 03:01:21 al 04:57:12 Sección “¿Qué fue de?”: del 04:58:21 al 05:41:40 Presentación, dirección, edición y montaje: Asier Menéndez Marín Colaborador: Giacco Diseño logo Podcast: albacanodesigns (Alba Cano) Diseño logo Canal: Patrick Grau Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

As he tries to do every month, Derek visits his local shop, Valhalla Games and Comics in Plano, TX, to talk with customers and employees about what they're reading, what they're looking forward to, and what interests them in current comics culture. For April the topic is open, so anything goes...and the resulting conversation is free-floating and casual. Among the topics that come up are local conventions, Bones of the Coast from Cloudscape Comics, getting caught up with the Marvel Universe on Netflix, Astro City, Makoto Shinkai's Your Name, the return of Rat Queens, Kyle Starks's Rock Candy Mountain, the convoluted world of Love and Rockets, the new Anne Hathaway movie Colossal, and speculations on how (and if) comics creators will eventually work Donald Trump into their stories.  

This week's episode is an exploration of surrealism and fantasy, and one guaranteed to both fascinate and disturb you. It begins with a discussion of Max Andersson's The Excavation (Fantagraphics). As the Two Guys with PhDs point out, this is a book that has been years in the making, and parts of it had originally appeared in other outlets, including Andersson's short-lived Death and Candy series. Derek enjoyed this book, as he does other works by Andersson, although Andy was less charitable in his assessment. He feels that the dream-like meandering of The Excavation ends up leading to nowhere, that there isn't much in the way of overt themes, and that it's too much like other indie comics discussed on the podcast. Next, they delve into the first issue of American Gods, a series from Dark Horse Comics that's adapted from Neil Gaiman's popular novel. Scripted by P. Craig Russell, and with art by Scott Hampton, this inaugural issue does a good job at establishing the premise and making the story assessable to those who have never read Gaiman's original novel (and both Derek and Andy have not). However, the guys do have a little problem with the heavy-handed and spoiler-filled synopsis inserted on the first page of the comic book. And finally, the Two Guys wrap up with Kurtis J Wiehe and Owen Gieni's Rat Queens #1 (Image Comics). This is the first issue in the series' second volume, and while both of the guys see the economic logic of a new #1 issue, Derek wonders about the narrative necessity of this publishing move. Nonetheless, both Andy and Derek are fans of the first iteration of Rat Queens, and they both feel that the first issue in its second volume is an effective jumping on point that could satisfy new readers.

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about Snotgirl this week! They talk about its success in using social media thematically, Hung's artistic style, and the likability of the characters! They also review America #1 and Extremity #1! Weekly Floppies America #1 Bullseye #2 Superman #18 Rat Queens #1 Extremity #1 Animal Noir #1 Nerd […] The post 178 – Snotgirl Vol 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley & Leslie Hung appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Touch the Weird Love It's the beginning of a new year, and on this episode of the on-location series, Derek is back at Valhalla Games and Comics to talk with customers and employees about the comics they're looking forward to in the coming months. He's joined by a couple of the regulars, Craig and Nick, as well as employees Stephanie and Freddy. Among the titles folks are anticipating in 2017 are The Unstoppable Wasp, Highlander: The American Dream, Justice League of America, Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern, Hatchet, more Head Lopper, Black History in Its Own Words, Psychodrama Illustrated, and the new Rat Queens. But the guys at the shop don't stop there. They also discuss other comics-related media, films and television series, that are planned for this year. Check out some of the titles discussed in this episode:    

Happy New Year from the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics! On this, their first regular episode of 2017, Andy and Derek take their monthly gander at the current Previews catalog. Before they do that, though, they welcome and thank a couple of new Patreon supporters to the Comics Alternative family, including Alla Rull, who becomes the latest of the guys' official Podcast Patrons. Then they jump headlong into the January Previews, highlighting a variety of upcoming titles from both large and small publishers alike. Among the interesting fare found in this month's catalog are offerings from: Those participating in Free Comic Book Day and the announcement of their titles! Dark Horse Comics - American Gods: Shadows #1, Rebels: These Free and Independent States #1, The Once and Future Queen #1, Jerry and the Joker: Adventures and Comic Art, and Starslayer DC/Vertigo - Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Annual, The Doom Patrol Silver Age Omnibus, and Savage Things #1 IDW Publishing/Top Shelf - Lennon: The New York Years, Her Bark and Her Bite, LOAC Essentials, Vol. 10: Dan Dunn, Secret Operative, and Star Hawks, Vol. 1 Image Comics - Afar, Royal City #1, Extremity #1, Rat Queens #1, Underwinter #1, and The Complete Phonogram Abrams ComicArts - The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir Amulet Books - One Trick Pony Archie Comics - The Archies One-Shot Avatar Press - Providence #12 Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - I Thought You Hated Me BOOM! Studios - Grass Kings #1, Strange Fruit, and The March of the Crabs, Vol. 2 Candlewick Press - Yvain: The Knight of the Lion Dynamite Entertainment - James Bond: Black Box #1 and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1 Drawn and Quarterly - Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero and Terms and Conditions Fantagraphics Books - All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer #1, John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Lulu, Eartha, Fante Bukowski Two, Crickets #6, and Ganges #6 First Second - California Dreamin': Cass Elliot before The Mamas and the Papas House of Anansi Press - In-Between Days: A Memoir about Living with Cancer Kodansha Comics - Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant SelfMadeHero - Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords Titan Comics - Anno Dracula #1 W.W. Norton - Will Eisner's Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories Quirk Books - The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History

This week on The Comics Alternative podcast, those funky PhDs, Andy and Derek, discuss three recent titles revolving around the mercenary side of crime fighting. They begin with Jules Feiffer's Cousin Joseph (Liveright Publishing), the second in a planned trilogy of noir-tinged graphic novels. It is the follow up to 2014's Kill My Mother, a text that Feiffer discussed with the Two Guys in a previous interview. The events in Cousin Joseph predate those of the earlier book, making it a sort of prequel. In fact, many of the major players in Kill My Mother make appearances in this new work. Most notable are the characters Elsie and Annie, whose husband/father Sam becomes the central figure in the current narrative. Derek and Andy note the fact that Cousin Joseph is a more tightly constructed, and even a more ambitious, work than its predecessor, especially in its engagements with the sociopolitical matters of its setting. Next, the guys look at the first issue of a new series by Kurtis Wiebe and Mindy Lee. Bounty (Dark Horse Comics) is a futuristic adventure focusing on the exploits of two anticorporate criminal sisters who eventually become bounty hunters. Almost from the beginning, the guys compare this title to Wiebe's Rat Queens, but both Andy and Derek feel that the first issue in this new series lacks the humor and cohesion of the earlier comic. Indeed, there were parts of the story that were unclear -- some of it due to writing, and some because of the its visual perspectives -- and the exposition at the very beginning unintentionally compounded this confusion. Nonetheless, the premise shows promise, and Mindy Lee's art went a long way in carrying the narrative forward. Finally, the Two Guys wrap up with another first issue...sort of. The Paybacks #1, written by Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal, with art by Geoff Shaw, is part of Heavy Metal's new initiative to produce monthly ongoing series, but this isn't the first time we've seen this title. Last year Dark Horse published the series' first narrative arc, four issues recently collected in a trade, and now this recent manifestation picks up where the earlier one left off. Derek and Andy set a context by discussing the Dark Horse series and then segue into the new issue. The transition between publishers is seamless, with Cates and Rahal sustaining the humor and action of their high concept. But what really gets the guys' attention is Shaw's art, with its detail of character expression and more realistic flourishes. Andy and Derek comment that if The Paybacks is the kind of story we can expect coming out from Heavy Metal Comics, then we might just have a publishing endeavor similar to AfterShock on the horizon.

It's almost the end of the year, and Derek is back for one last 2014 visit to his local comic shop, Collected, in Plano, TX. As he usually does every month, he talks with the shop's employees and customers about the kind of comics that they're reading, what is catching their interests, and what comics news most excites them, but this month the focus is on their favorite titles of 2014. Derek asks everyone sitting around the podcast table -- Shea, Krystle, Shaun, Craig, Nick, and Matthew -- about what they consider to be the most outstanding comics of the past twelve months. And the candidates vary widely, ranging from single-issue comic books to original graphic novels, from superhero to manga, from pop-culture adaptations to literary graphic fiction, and from webcomics to those coming from Kickstarter campaigns. Some of the titles that folks highlight during the show include Tooth and Claw, Seconds, The Wrenchies, Nijigahara Holograph, Multiversity: Pax Americana, Rat Queens, Edge of Spider-Verse, Bleeding Heart, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, The Shadow Hero, Eye of Newt, Michael Moorcock's Elric, Vol. 1: The Ruby Throne, Through the Woods, and Squidder. They also discuss some of their biggest comics disappointments of the year, speculate on the titles they're looking forward to in 2015, and even learn that Krystle prefers drugs, candy, and weiners in her comics. As usual, you don't know what to expect from the guys at Collected, but you are guaranteed fun talk about a variety of great books. And much thanks to Freddy Ruiz, the store's manager, for pulling everyone together!